The Ruff & Reddy Show
- This article is about the TV series. For the comic series, see The Ruff and Reddy Show (DC Comics).
| The Ruff & Reddy Show | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Screen Gems |
| Original release | December 14, 1957—April 2, 1960; September 29, 1962―September 26, 1964 |
| Starring | Don Messick Daws Butler Jimmy Blaine |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Charles Shows |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
The Ruff & Reddy Show is an American animated/live-action variety television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Enterprises for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1957 to 1960, airing 50 episodes that spanned three seasons. It went into syndication from 1962 to 1964.
Each episode was presented by Jimmy Blaine, who introduced three or four Ruff and Reddy segments, along with two shorts from Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems. In its syndicated form, Blaine was replaced with Captain Blob played by Bob Cottle, who did his own skits and presented reruns of Ruff and Reddy.
The series has yet to have a complete series DVD release from Warner Archive Collection, who confirmed that the masters are in rough condition, and in need of a lot of remastering work, as well as the series dealing with music clearance issues.
Production
Development
Segments
- Ruff and Reddy
Music
The theme song and score were composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Opening Lyrics
Get set, get ready
Here comes Ruff and Reddy
They're tough and steady
Always rough and ready
They sometimes have their little spats and even fight like dogs and cats
But when they need each other that's when
They're Ruff and Reddy
Episodes
Cast
- Don Messick as Ruff and narrator
- Daws Butler as Reddy
